Archive: December 14, 2017

“This problem needs to be solved,” Dean McClelland, founder of TontineTrust, told RIJ. With the fervor of a convert, he believes that cryptocurrencies, blockchain, smart contracts and tontines are the solution.

'Insurers seem to be doing fine, but that is because they have been cutting benefits to the point that their customers will soon wonder why they bothered to take out policies in the first place,' writes our guest columnist.

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Advisors, brokerages, IMOs and insurers will be able to use the Toronto-based data company's new analytics to make apples-to-apples comparisons of variable and fixed indexed annuity contracts and their riders.

A failure to agree on whether or not there's 'government money' in tax-deferred savings accounts has complicated our debates over the DOL fiduciary rule, the need for a harmonized fiduciary standard, and the so-called...

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Retirement Income Journal is a weekly, digital-only business-to-business news publication and website for life insurers, asset managers, financial advisors, academics, attorneys, regulators and technology firms worldwide whose products and services help Baby Boomers convert their savings to lifetime income. Established in 2009 and produced by "Annuities for Dummies" author Kerry Pechter, it reaches 7,000 online readers 48 times a year.